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I generally try and buy counterfeit stuff, that's my thing. But I have never checked my Casio F91W is counterfeit, so I figured it's a good time, I used this -
by aaron695 6y ago
I generally try and buy counterfeit stuff, that's my thing.
But I have never checked my Casio F91W is counterfeit, so I figured it's a good time, I used this -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGuJAJ0I1Cg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGuJAJ0I1Cg
My watch says made in Japan, so I guess it's a genuine fake. But it is full of water, so that bit sucks.
- TedDoesntTalk 6y agoI can understand countefeit Rolexes, Breitling, etc...but why would you bother to buy a counterfeit of a $15 watch? EDIT: that video is fascinating. The different in beep frequency is a dead give-away, though.
- CloudNetworking 6y agoIf it costs 2-3USD to make and you can sell a million worldwide... :)
- superhuzza 6y agoI needed a watch while travelling in Vietnam and bought an F91W from a market stall for a few bucks. It's such a cheap watch I didn't even consider that people sold fakes. A few weeks later I noticed it was slowly losing time and had some other issues, clearly a fake or reject watch. So that's how, I guess.
- the_gipsy 6y agonobody bothers to buy it, sellers just get a better margin.
- kennywinker 6y agoWow, I lovvvee this. I just checked my three casios, and one does say made in japan on it, so that suggests fake - but everything else seems legit (logo printing, display evenness, hidden button functions, beep-tone), so it's either a better fake than in that video, or some of them are in fact made in japan.
- boomlinde 6y agoAt some point I think they were IIRC but not in (relatively) recent history
- nonamenoslogan 6y agoThe 'beep' is the dead give-away on non-Casio Casios. I have a handful of replica G-Shocks, Frogman, Gravitymaster, etc. and the beep frequency is wrong even when the more advanced features like compass and thermometer work. For what its worth, they cost about 1/10th their genuine counterparts and are visibly identical. One last word of caution, even the F91W fakes do the three-button CASIo module thing now.